CNG 96, Lot: 38. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 470-430 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.30 g, 1h). Attic standard. Lion right, attacking bull crouching left; in exergue, tunny left / Ethnic in shallow incuse around quadripartite square, the quarters raised and granulated. Desneux 97–8 var. (unlisted dies); AMNG III/2, 21; SNG ANS –. VF, toned, traces of double strike.